Pexels Link Just how difficult is it to rise to the top in the music industry. You may recognize that paraphrased line from Drake in the collaborative track, Forever. The now legendary rapper claimed he didn’t need to be signed to get his recognition as a musician. But let’s be […]

I spoke with JE, member of a new wave of heavy psychedelic spacerock band Black Space Riders from Germany. They released this year intriguing album “Refugeeum” and brand new EP “Beyond Refugeeum”. Peter Balkus: Your band Black Space Riders is based in Germany. Please tell us more about how the […]

Dilated, towering, charged with sex, glammed and electric amongst sweat and tears, mystery and ecstasy; this carnal vessel of your own creation. A secret junkie friend, to confide in through the dark times. A beacon of pure cosmic rays, you blast through the enigma of ambiguity and play all the […]

Other-worldly references in song have frequently been used to express more corporeal pre-occupations. Whether it’s ruminating on lost or broken relationships, unfulfilled possibilities, broader social malaise or just wistful navel-gazing, the supernatural provides that compelling image that draws the listener in. Typically employing the concept of the ghost, or a […]